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https://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/hogweed-days/#respondThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:55:42 +0000http://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/hogweed-days/everyday nature trails: The most significant nectar provider for a whole host of insects at the moment is Hogweed, or Cow Parsnip if you prefer. In common with many species of wildflowers it seems to be having a bumper season and is flowering profusely in a lot of locations. The photographs here…]]>

The most significant nectar provider for a whole host of insects at the moment is Hogweed, or Cow Parsnip if you prefer. In common with many species of wildflowers it seems to be having a bumper season and is flowering profusely in a lot of locations. The photographs here were mostly taken in the last couple of weeks, either in the Rhiwledyn Nature Reserve on the Little Orme or on Bryn Euryn.

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https://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/the-four-sisters/#respondThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:07:50 +0000http://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/the-four-sisters/The Snail of Happiness: Sunlight streams through the willow hedge onto the ‘four sisters’ When I wrote about the ‘three sisters‘ planting that I did earlier in the year, I promised I would report on how it has progressed. Well, the situation so far is good – beans are flowering, we have…]]>

When I wrote about the ‘three sisters‘ planting that I did earlier in the year, I promised I would report on how it has progressed. Well, the situation so far is good – beans are flowering, we have already harvested our first courgettes and the flint corn is shooting up. However, I have to confess that I introduced an extra sister into the mix by including sunflowers, and these too are doing well.

You may be wondering about the sunflowers and I have to admit that growing them was unintentional (although not unwelcome). We feed a mix containing sunflower seeds to the wild birds in the garden. Earlier in the year I left a tub-trug containing compost near to one of the window feeders and clearly not all of the seeds that the birds dislodged got eaten. Thus, when I planted my intentional seeds in pots, I got…

]]>https://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/the-four-sisters/feed/0brotherkithBack in Irelandhttps://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/back-in-ireland/
https://brotherkith.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/back-in-ireland/#respondFri, 14 Nov 2008 15:06:56 +0000http://brotherkith.wordpress.com/?p=53Once again I find it hard to believe that it has been so long since my last post. A lot has happened in these last few weeks, not all of which is what I predicted previously!

The Samrey Wren wind generator finally arrived and I set it up right next to my caravan on a site in the Cambridgeshire fens. The site was reasonably well exposed to the prevailing wind and it proved to be a good test site over the 10 days I was there. Set-up of the system was reasonably straight forward. The turbine is of excellent design and very well made. After bolting on the three blades to the main body and fitting the nose cone the main task was the assembly and erection of the mounting mast. I had purchased a six metre long aluminium scaffold pole from SGB in Ipswich, about 45 miles away. After having the pole cut in half and buying a pipe joiner I transported the pole to the fenland site. The supplied tower kit comprised wire rope, shackles etc and three well made and designed ground pins that look like giant cork screws with mounting bolts welded to the top. The base plate is also well designed and acts as a pivot point when raising and lowering the mast, a task that is quite easy to perform by one person. Although some instructions were supplied the trickiest part of the whole operation ( which, working alone, took a total of about 4 hours the first time I put it up) was getting the layout and guy spacing right. Before taking the mast down I recorded my own measurements on a diagram. This provided me with very useful information when it came to erecting the mast here in in West Cork, particularly since in the fens I was working with deep black top soil and here in Ireland I was working with a pretty rocky site! I am now, after two weeks of operation, well pleased with both mast and tubine performance on an exposed site about 6 miles inland from the Atlantic coast. Winds rock the caravan around at times but so far the mast has stood firm!

Following the time in the fens I moved to Herefordshire for a while having booked a ferry for the end of October. This was about a month after I had originally planned as I wanted to do some visiting and to attend the Rainbow Circle AGM which was held near Leominster towards the end of October.

Meanwhile, in Ireland, M and the girls where moving about five miles from where I had left them and are now in a farm house which also has room me me here in my caravan right next to the house. By good fortune the wind blows as well here as it does at the site I was expecting to be on when I returned here. I have slow but usable mobile internet connectivity here too.